There are plenty of stunning set pieces here... but in its repetition and thinness, this, the first of a trilogy, does not bode well.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 27, 2019

An energetic pyrotechnic show full of visual effects. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 17, 2018

The director knows how to give a certain self-parochial sense to the story that helps oxygenate the delirious, labyrinthine and insane script, capable of causing more confusion amongst viewers. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 17, 2018

In Night Watch, good and evil are not essences, they are choices exhibited through action. This makes for a smarter monster movie, and a more entertaining ride than many of the US manufactured films of recent years.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Oct 17, 2018

By far the most enjoyable aspect of the film, apart from its sheer imaginative scope, is the way it grounds its parallel fantasy universe in the everyday life of post-CommunistRussia.

| Oct 17, 2018

An exciting, fun, and hauntingly beautiful piece of fantasy filmmaking...

| Aug 15, 2013

The punchy, nonstop visual effects crowd out coherent storytelling.

| Oct 20, 2009

A convoluted FX smear

| Aug 30, 2009

Night Watch is a completely synthetic yet thoroughly original movie.

| Apr 23, 2009

...better than most of our domestic product...

Full Review | Jan 19, 2009

... director Timur Bekmambetov makes excellent use of CGI to portray the paranormal events but avoids the silly martial arts extravagance of the UNDERWORLD movies.

| Jul 4, 2008

If it all sounds silly, convoluted, and confusing, that's because it is silly, convoluted, and confusing. It's also a hell of a lot of fun.

| Jan 8, 2008

This muddled mess about the forces of (what else?) dark and light can barely hold itself together long enough to rip-off far better science fiction movies.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 27, 2007

For a good hour and change, the film is a big toy box that teases you out of the Gloom.

| Jul 7, 2007

I liked it, and if your tastes run as occasionally goofy as my own, you probably will too.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 7, 2007

The entire production seems intent on creating a mood and trapping the audience in it until the very last frame is shown, and for a fantasy film, that's how it should be done.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Dec 30, 2006

The film is fascinating - albeit sluggish - until the final reel. At that point, the vampire-hunter hero makes a crucial decision at odds with everything we know about his character.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 9, 2006

Intriguing enough to build hope that the trilogy's next two parts can make this a reverse Matrix saga: A series that becomes more clear and compelling as it goes forward.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 27, 2006

The resulting concoction will likely baffle anyone who isn't already a fantasy/horror aficionado, but those viewers who enjoy one of these genres will get a kick out of the universe Bekmambetov has created here.

| Jul 13, 2006

...doesn't translate as much more than a formulaic, if promising, genre tale that's often difficult to follow yet equally hard to dismiss.

Full Review | Jun 12, 2006